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  • noun Plural form of counterploy.

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Examples

  • Amidst terrorist attacks, ploys, and counterploys, Ben undergoes a transformation that allows him to become both the labyrinth of the universe and the key to its unlocking.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • But we have to recall also that inspection teams have been -- they have been training, and considering and worked out also their counterploys to master the resistance from the Iraqi side.

    CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2002 2002

  • Our so-called “initiatives” are merely ploys and are inevitably met with counterploys, and vice versa.

    THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987

  • Our so-called “initiatives” are merely ploys and are inevitably met with counterploys, and vice versa.

    THE DIFFERENT DRUM M. SCOTT PECK 1987

  • "Successive ploys and counterploys of this kind could plainly jeopardize the joint gains from a simpler and more assuredly constructive contractual relationship," wrote Williamson.

    ARN News 2010

  • "Successive ploys and counterploys of this kind could plainly jeopardize the joint gains from a simpler and more assuredly constructive contractual relationship," wrote Williamson.

    Techworld Australia News 2010

  • "Successive ploys and counterploys of this kind could plainly jeopardize the joint gains from a simpler and more assuredly constructive contractual relationship," wrote Williamson.

    ARN News 2010

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